The Taliban -- like other Pathans in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- may speak Pushtu, but I haven't seen any evidence that any of the terrorists in Europe or North America is a Pathan. They seem largely to be Arabs, who would speak some form of Arabic.
Interesting that this article says Moussaoui was learning Arabic in England. Moussaoui's family is Moroccan, even though he was born in France. It might be that the Arabic he was learning was standard Arabic, or the Classical Arabic of the Koran, since he may only have known the form of Arabic spoken in Northwest Africa. Or he might be a Berber, whose language is different from Arabic. Or maybe, growing up in France, he just never learned Arabic.
In any case, there is an informative article about Moussaoui in today's Washington Post, Between Two Worlds. The printed story has a photo of Moussaoui, indicating he is quite dark-skinned, which perhaps supports the theory that he is a Berber.
I don't know about it taking THAT long for them to turn him over to us.
I'll bet they're working on his nuts right now. Look for a bunch more arrests in the next couple days.
You had better explain to these beasts what a peaceful religion islam is. They don't get it.
There were supposed to be 5 hijackers on each plane. That would be 20. However, there were only 19. Moussaoui was the 20th hijacker. He was taken into custody by American authorities a month before the hijacking and they had reason to suspect he was part of a plot to hijack an airliner. He probably knew about the whole operation but they could never get anything out of him.
If the FBI could have questioned him the way the Israelis would have questioned him, there would be 7000 people alive today.
More mindless hypocrisy.